Build Java web apps swiftly with this fourth edition of the best-selling Spring Boot guide for beginners, updated and enhanced with defining features of Spring Boot 4Key FeaturesLearn Spring Boot in a cohesive manner with this practical guideDiscover popular Java developer tools such as GraalVM native images, serving up JSON, and moreBuild secure, observable, and scalable web applications from zero to productionBook DescriptionSpring Boot 4 brings more than just the powerful ability to build secure web apps on top of a rock-solid database. It delivers Jackson integration, support for JSpecify, an enhanced retry mechanism, and updated actuator defaults, along with ways to squeeze out more efficient usage of existing resources. This fourth edition of the bestseller starts off by helping you build a simple app, and then shows you how to secure, test, bundle, and deploy it to production. Then, you ll familiarize yourself with the ability to go native and release using the latest version of GraalVM. As you advance, you ll explore reactive programming and get a taste of scalable web controllers and data operations. Additionally, this edition includes brand-new topics, including virtual threads, concurrency, and observability, as well as building intelligent applications with Spring AI. If you want to gain a thorough understanding of building robust, modern applications using the core functionality of Spring Boot, then this is the book for you. By the end, you ll be able to build an entire suite of web applications using Spring Boot and deploy them to any platform you need.What you will learnCreate powerful, production-grade web applications with minimal fussSupport multiple environments with one artifact, and add production-grade supportEnhance the security model of your appsBuild intelligent applications with Spring AIWrite everything from lightweight unit tests to fully running embedded web container integration testsTake advantage of the enhanced observability capabilities of Spring Boot 4Get a glimpse of reactive programming and decide if it's the right approach for youWho this book is forThis book is for both novices and experienced Spring developers looking to learn how to build applications without wasting time on infrastructure and other tedious details. Working knowledge of the Java programming language is assumed.
